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Early Christmas present gives city’s Santa a boost
GREATER Dandenong Council will install a giant reindeer and Santa in its new civic square as part of more extravagant Christmas decorations for this coming…
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Odds are stacked against pokies opposition says forum
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS COUNCILS need a “level playing field” to protect disadvantaged communities from pokies, an Enough Pokies forum was told in Dandenong last Wednesday.…
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Refugee leaders unveiled
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS A MIX of refugees, community leaders and councillors comprise Greater Dandenong’s Asylum Seeker and Refugee Advisory Committee, which was unveiled last week.…
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Workers to be the biggest winners
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS BOMBARDIER Transportation’s Dandenong factory has been the venue for spirited competition lately. While its workers are engaged in a Biggest Loser weight-loss…
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Truck driver pleads guilty to train crash
A TRUCK driver last week pleaded guilty to five charges over a fatal Dandenong South train crash. Melville Bollen, 72, from Narre Warren North was…
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Wool poppies, warm hearts
By CASEY NEILL A DANDENONG craft class is crocheting and knitting in tribute to Australia’s fallen soldiers. Wellsprings for Women’s Crafty Connections group for women…
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Drugs and gun haul
POLICE have charged three men with drugs and firearms offences following raids in Dandenong and Hallam. They executed search warrants in Ingrid Street, Dandenong, and…
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Grocery memories come flooding back
Jack Johnson is the author of when The Clock Strikes, a fascinating account of growing up in Dandenong, his years tending to the city’s pipes…
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Squatters blamed
POLICE believe squatters started a fire in a Dandenong house last week. Neighbours noticed smoke coming from the Jesson Crescent property about 4.30pm on 10…
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Hoons link to blaze
POLICE are appealing for information about a grassfire that broke out in Fernside Drive, Bangholme, on 7 November. Witnesses discovered the fire about 9pm, after…
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Putting out a new message
Frank Cresia, CEO of Waverley Industries WHEN approached by the City of Casey to participate in the White Ribbon Challenge Family Violence program I wasn’t…
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Disability’s political action
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS A DANDENONG-based disability advocacy service has said that hundreds of people with disabilities are being left waiting for individual support packages in…
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